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9-14-215. Fees in actions under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
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9-14-215. Fees in actions under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
(a)(1) There shall be no filing fee, service fee, or other costs collected from the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration or any attorney acting on its behalf for actions brought under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, § 9-17-101 et seq.
(2) The court may direct such fees and costs to be paid by the noncustodial parent to the clerk of the court and the sheriff upon adjudication of the case.
(b)(1) The clerk and the sheriff may collect fees in all other cases from the office by submitting monthly or quarterly statements for their services.
(2) Each statement shall clearly note the full name of the noncustodial parent thereon.
(3) No clerk or sheriff may refuse service to the office or its attorney for its failure to pay the fees in advance.
(c)(1) A circuit clerk may collect from the noncustodial parent a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for completion of income withholding forms for a custodial parent pursuant to this subchapter.
(2) A notice of this fee shall be sent to the noncustodial parent along with the notice pursuant to § 9-14-221.
(3) After thirty (30) days, upon nonpayment of the fee by the noncustodial parent, the clerk may notify the payor who shall withhold the fee and remit the fee to the clerk.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-215
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9-14-215. Fees in actions under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
(a)(1) There shall be no filing fee, service fee, or other costs collected from the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration or any attorney acting on its behalf for actions brought under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, § 9-17-101 et seq.
(2) The court may direct such fees and costs to be paid by the noncustodial parent to the clerk of the court and the sheriff upon adjudication of the case.
(b)(1) The clerk and the sheriff may collect fees in all other cases from the office by submitting monthly or quarterly statements for their services.
(2) Each statement shall clearly note the full name of the noncustodial parent thereon.
(3) No clerk or sheriff may refuse service to the office or its attorney for its failure to pay the fees in advance.
(c)(1) A circuit clerk may collect from the noncustodial parent a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for completion of income withholding forms for a custodial parent pursuant to this subchapter.
(2) A notice of this fee shall be sent to the noncustodial parent along with the notice pursuant to § 9-14-221.
(3) After thirty (30) days, upon nonpayment of the fee by the noncustodial parent, the clerk may notify the payor who shall withhold the fee and remit the fee to the clerk.
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9-14-221. Income withholding — When orders take effect — Notice — Costs.
(a) Orders of income withholding that were not effective immediately by order of the court, upon the consent of the noncustodial parent, or at the request of the custodial parent, shall become effective when payment arrearages owed by the noncustodial parent equal the total court-ordered support payable for thirty (30) days.
(b)(1) Prior to notification to the payor, for orders to be effective under this section, the noncustodial parent shall be sent a notice by any form of mail addressed to the parent at his or her last known address as contained in the records of the court clerk.
(2) Actual costs of mailing the notice may be collected by the clerk from the custodial parent.
(3) The notice shall contain the following information:
(A) The amount to be withheld;
(B) The amount of arrearages alleged to have accrued under the support order and that an additional amount of not less than twenty percent (20%) of the support ordered will be withheld to liquidate the arrearages or such amount as set forth by an order if applicable;
(C) That the income withholding applies to current and subsequent periods of employment, if used in employment, or remuneration;
(D) The procedure available to contest the withholding on the ground that the withholding is not proper because of mistake of fact;
(E) That failure to contest the withholding within ten (10) days of the receipt or refusal of the notice will result in the payor's being notified to begin the withholding;
(F) That if the noncustodial parent contests the withholding, he or she will be afforded an opportunity to present his or her case to the court or its representative in that jurisdiction within thirty (30) days of receipt of the noti
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-221
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9-17-101. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-17-101
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